Oren Moverman

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Oren Moverman
File:Oren Moverman-8523.jpg
Oren Moverman at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival in 2019
Born (1966-07-04) July 4, 1966 (age 58)
Jaffa, Israel
Nationality Israeli, American[1]
Occupation
  • Screenwriter
  • film director
  • film producer

Oren Moverman (Hebrew: אורן מוברמן‎; born July 4, 1966) is an Israeli American, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter,[2] film director, and Emmy Award-winning film producer.[3] He has directed the films The Messenger, Rampart, Time Out of Mind, and The Dinner.

Biography

Oren Moverman was born on July 4, 1966[4] in Jaffa (Yafo), Israel.[5] He is an Ashkenazi Jew.[5] He grew up in Givatayim.[6] From age 13 to 17, he first lived in the United States.[5] After serving in the Israel Defense Forces, he moved to the United States.[5] He graduated from Brooklyn College in 1992.[7]

Moverman started his career as a screenwriter.[8] He wrote screenplays for films such as Jesus' Son, Face, I'm Not There, Married Life.,[9] as well as the Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy[8]

In 2009, Moverman made his directorial feature film debut with The Messenger, starring Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson.[10] The film had its world premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.[11]

Co-written with Alessandro Camon The Messenger [12] won the Silver Bear for best screenplay and the Peace Film Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, as well as the Grand Prize and the International Critics Prize at the Deauville Film Festival. It was nominated in the Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor categories by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

In 2011, Moverman collaborated with Harrelson again in his second directorial film Rampart.[13] The film had its world premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.[14]

In 2014, he directed Time Out of Mind, starring Richard Gere.[15] The film had its world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival where it won the Fipresci Prize, an award given by the International Federation of Film Critics. [16]

In 2017, he directed The Dinner, starring Gere, Steve Coogan, Laura Linney, and Rebecca Hall.[17] The film had its world premiere at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.[18]

Moverman also directed the Willie Nelson documentary series Willie Nelson & Family,[19]. The five-part show premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.

Filmography

Feature films

Year Title Director Writer Producer
1999 Jesus' Son No Yes No
2002 Face No Yes No
2007 I'm Not There No Yes No
2007 Married Life No Yes No
2009 The Messenger Yes Yes No
2011 Rampart Yes Yes No
2014 Time Out of Mind Yes Yes No
2014 The Quiet Ones No Yes No
2014 She's Lost Control No No Yes
2014 Love & Mercy No Yes Yes
2016 Junction 48 No Yes Yes
2016 Norman No No Yes
2016 The Ticket No No Yes
2017 Verónica No No Yes
2017 The Dinner Yes Yes No
2018 Monsters and Men No No Yes
2018 Diane No No Yes
2018 Puzzle No Yes No
2018 Skin No No Yes
2018 The Tale No No Yes
2018 Wildlife No No Yes
2019 Bad Education No No Yes
2019 Human Capital No Yes Yes
2020 Bad Hair No No Yes
2021 Passing No No Yes
2021 Why Is We Americans? No No Yes
2022 The Listener No No Yes
2022 June Zero No No Yes
2023 A Thousand and One No No Yes
2023 Willie Nelson & Family Yes No Yes

References

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